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Plaut

Updated: June 9, 2019
Updated: June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • North German : from Middle Low German plaut ‘short and broad bayonet’, or ‘blunt knife’, hence a nickname for a heavy, clumsy fellow or a lout.

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